Dakota Territorial Capitol Replica

Dakota Territorial Capitol Replica

If both Dakotas were just one state, it would be the fourth-largest in America, despite having just 1.7 million people. Yet, for 28 years, Dakota was indeed just one territory, even more sparsely populated than today. This being the time of the Wild West, a small building like the Dakota Territorial Capitol, originally located a few blocks north, could pack a lot of history and interesting, dramatic stories. Yankton first became the capital of D…